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CzarChasm posted:What was that like? Liquid nitrogen really isn't that big of a deal. The Leiden-frost effect is where the rapid evaporation of the nitrogen due to the heat of your hand actually insulates the hand against the cold. It's like sticking your hand inside a freezer for a second. Unless he meant that he froze his hand in liquid nitrogen, but this is the wrong thread for that story. In thread-related content, one time I froze a banana in liquid nitrogen and smashed it with a hammer. Banana everywhere (it didn't taste very good post-freeze).
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areyoucontagious posted:In thread-related content, one time I froze a banana in liquid nitrogen and smashed it with a hammer. Banana everywhere (it didn't taste very good post-freeze). When I was in my freshman year of college, someone threw a banana in the sand of the volleyball court in the grassy area between all the freshman dorms. It was starting to change seasons and get colder so no one was playing volleyball. For months my friends and I would pass the banana every day, watching it turn blacker and blacker. One day we dared my friend to go touch the banana. She picked it up by the stem and gave it a small toss; it broke open and the inside was inky black and bubbly.
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Jun 21, 2013 23:23
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ArcMage posted:In the line of duty did you tear up that battery? I'm a synthetic/electro chemist. I synthesize and test chemicals and materials in batteries and electronics. Sometimes we run out of simple crap like metal spacers and springs between part orders so I go tear some batteries apart to recover some of those parts. We need to dispose of the lithium metal we use as the anode stuff, since it's kind of explosive. So we throw it into a big bucket of ice and water behind a fumehood window to try to kill it without it blowing up, but oftentimes it will do that anyway with exciting results. Thread-related: I saw a guy walk a ferret today and it was cute
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Office Thug posted:I'm a synthetic/electro chemist. I synthesize and test chemicals and materials in batteries and electronics. Sometimes we run out of simple crap like metal spacers and springs between part orders so I go tear some batteries apart to recover some of those parts. We need to dispose of the lithium metal we use as the anode stuff, since it's kind of explosive. So we throw it into a big bucket of ice and water behind a fumehood window to try to kill it without it blowing up, but oftentimes it will do that anyway with exciting results. I do cathode scale-up.  Today I organized a woodpile and met one snake, five spiders, two centipedes, and an earthworm as long as my forearm. I feel like the bleeding Light Warriors.
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Jun 22, 2013 06:27
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One time I said something funny in class and people laughed. No one applauded or married me, though.
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Jun 22, 2013 10:28
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One of my friends told me I was cool because I read H.P. Lovecraft when I was about 8 or so. She also told me she wishes she had a little pocket me to make witty/sarcastic responses to people whenever she can't think of any, so I think her standards may be somewhat low.
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Jun 22, 2013 12:10
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Yesterday I yelled at some people for coming to a dead stop right in front of me halfway through a door. I said, "maybe don't stop in the middle of the door, that's a good idea," and I got dirty looks from all three of them. I was right, though.
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Jun 22, 2013 12:40
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My friends cat was meowing at me and I meowed back and he didn't react, he just kept on doing what he was doing.
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Jun 22, 2013 13:50
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I bought a 6lb porkroll.
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Jun 22, 2013 14:54
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I went to the beach for the first time in two years yesterday. It was a lot of fun, but I got a really bad sunburn. It sucks, but I found bomb pops in my freezer, so I think everything's gonna be alright.
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Jun 22, 2013 15:17
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A big storm rolled through the Minneapolis area last night. I went to work today and the power was out. So now I'm back home and on call should power return.
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Jun 22, 2013 15:43
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When I was 5 or so, I managed to catch a baby duck. Mama duck started chasing me around the whole block, and the whole time I was crying while clutching the duckling. I just wanted to play with the little duck 
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Jun 22, 2013 16:58
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My husband's friend is visiting us and just made a weird joke about how sexy 14-year-old girls are (he's in his 50s) but I didn't say anything because he literally has a brain tumor.
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Jun 22, 2013 18:50
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I had to go to work today, but I didn't really want to.
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Jun 22, 2013 18:58
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I don't have to go to work today, and that makes me pretty happy. I don't really have much planned, though -- just doing chores around the house and catching up on sleep.
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Jun 22, 2013 20:09
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bradzilla posted:I had to go to work today, but I didn't really want to. I look too long at your avatar, every time you post.
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Jun 22, 2013 22:12
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I put odd socks on this morning because it was kind of dark, one black and one dark blue.
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Jun 22, 2013 22:17
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I was wearing an adventure time t-shirt today, and on the tube this little girl was giving me this weird look and if I wasn't a british person on public transport, I would have pointed out that the show is very popular with adults as well as kids and compliment her taste in shows! Then I bumped into the same crazy goth girl several times the same day today, in totally unrelated places, which was nice. She was cool.
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Jun 22, 2013 22:38
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I got a call from a telemarketer and then THEY hung up before I even said anything.
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Jun 22, 2013 23:25
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I yelled at a videogame and then got drunk
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Jun 22, 2013 23:55
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I was walking to Quiznos for lunch and I looked over and saw a hobo getting blown in broad daylight on the bridge embankment. Areas around jails are fun.
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Jun 23, 2013 00:03
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My boyfriend made dinner tonight and it's really tasty. I'm proud.
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Jun 23, 2013 00:35
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In second grade TAG class, the kid next to me sneezed into his cupped hands, when he drew his face away, there was a swirling miniature pool of snot and liquid in his hand, I gagged.
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Jun 23, 2013 03:00
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While I was pulling into my driveway tonight I saw a funny shaped rock right in the middle of it. I got out and realized the rock was actually a turtle. I picked him up and took him to the back yard where we chilled for a while. Then I let him go in a pond. Goodbye cool turtle dude. 
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Jun 23, 2013 03:28
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For a couple years after finishing high school I lied to people that I had passed everything in my final year, when actually I had failed math due to always skipping class to play video games. Later when I was looking through old school documents and saw that I failed math, I got super confused and all "what the gently caress? I passed math" and it was a few minutes before I remembered that actually that was just a lie that I told. No moral.
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Jun 23, 2013 03:52
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Today my lips were chapped and I couldn't find any chapstick so I went and bought some.
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Jun 23, 2013 05:19
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One time I cooked a hot pocket in the oven. turned out pretty good
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Jun 23, 2013 05:28
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Drove down to Palm Springs today, it's my grandmother's 80th birthday tomorrow. Also went 75 most if the way, made good time.
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Jun 23, 2013 06:22
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JebanyPedal posted:In second grade TAG class, the kid next to me sneezed into his cupped hands, when he drew his face away, there was a swirling miniature pool of snot and liquid in his hand, I gagged.
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When I was younger I was bullied incessantly. One day, while leaving class, a group of like 10 guys surrounded me and kept me from going anywhere, pushing and jeering at me. I loving lost it and kicked the main guy in the balls so hard he collapsed screaming. Everyone ran away, and a teacher yelled at me to go home. There were no repercussions and apparently the guy lay there writhing for like 10 minutes. They didn't bully me again. It was the greatest day of my life.
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Jun 23, 2013 13:41
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Torka posted:For a couple years after finishing high school I lied to people that I had passed everything in my final year, when actually I had failed math due to always skipping class to play video games. If you failed a subject, how were you able to finish high school?
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Yesterday, Idiocracy and Coming to America played back to back on the Comedy Channel. I watched them both, and laughed at several points in each. I don't have cable at home, nor do I own either of those movies, so I'm glad somebody in an earlier shift had left the TV on that channel. During this time I consumed upward of one (1) Jimmy Johns sandwich which I had delivered to me. It arrived earlier than most pizzas, but not nearly as fast as the commercials had led me to believe it would.
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Jun 23, 2013 17:43
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In middle school there was a boy who would pick on me and tell me how ugly I was. Then in high school he treated me normally. 
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Yesterday I saw the new Superman film, I liked it.
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Jun 23, 2013 18:19
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Last night, while trying to take out my contacts, I managed to fold one while it was still on my eye. Worst feeling ever.
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I'm watching a film called Warm Bodies. I thought it looked dumb. It is, but in a good way. I really like it! It's cute, and funny. And only has a little bit of bad CGI. Edit: Finished it, it was good all the way through. A nice little movie 
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Jun 23, 2013 19:09
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I had some bad diarrhea today. It was quite painful.
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Jun 23, 2013 19:41
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I got a letter from Vector's office in my hometown offering "$18 base pay!" I guess nobody told them I quit the office in Irvine after all my friends told me it was a scam and I should get out, and I just shredded the letter.
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Jun 23, 2013 20:33
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My dad found out last week that he had kidney cancer. He had the kidney removed yesterday and he's gonna be okay
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On Thursday, I dropped a plate of food at work but managed to catch it without losing any food. A couple of people said "nice catch" and one guy actually clapped. I immediately thought of the poo poo that didn't happen thread when the guy started clapping. edit: completely forgot I already posted this one. GWBBQ has a new favorite as of 02:02 on Jun 24, 2013 |
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